Nick Barnes leaves Eurex for Pirum
30 March 2021 UK
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Nick Barnes has joined Pirum’s business development team from Eurex where he was responsible for various central counterparty (CCP) and repo-related initiatives.
Barnes says: “Pirum is a company I have admired for a long time. They have a great product and are a trusted provider to many of the largest financial institutions in the world.
“I’m incredibly excited to be joining the team and leveraging my experience in fixed income, clearing and technology to contribute towards its future growth and continued success.”
Starting in 1997, the former repo trader and broker spent 15 years at Barclays Capital in a number of senior front office roles. In 2015, Barnes spent three-and-a-half years as a financial investigation consultant, before a year-and-a-half stint in repo sales and development at the electronic trading platform MarketAxess.
Barnes’ time at the European derivatives exchange in Hesse, German, saw him become senior vice president for the firm’s fixed income, derivatives, funding and financing sales division. He will now relocate to London for the role at Pirum.
Pirum’s CEO Phil Morgan says: “We’re thrilled that Nick chose to join the team here at Pirum. His front office and clearing experience will be invaluable as we roll out a range of new products throughout the remainder of this year and beyond.”
Last month, banking veteran Robert Zekraus left a senior role at Canadian banking multinational Scotiabank to join Pirum. He will be on gardening leave until May whereupon he will become the firm’s chief operating officer and head of North America.
And earlier this month, as part of its ‘Future Tech’ initiative, Pirum launched COACSConnect, a “revolutionary offering” for corporate actions processing, which secured J.P. Morgan as its first client.
Barnes says: “Pirum is a company I have admired for a long time. They have a great product and are a trusted provider to many of the largest financial institutions in the world.
“I’m incredibly excited to be joining the team and leveraging my experience in fixed income, clearing and technology to contribute towards its future growth and continued success.”
Starting in 1997, the former repo trader and broker spent 15 years at Barclays Capital in a number of senior front office roles. In 2015, Barnes spent three-and-a-half years as a financial investigation consultant, before a year-and-a-half stint in repo sales and development at the electronic trading platform MarketAxess.
Barnes’ time at the European derivatives exchange in Hesse, German, saw him become senior vice president for the firm’s fixed income, derivatives, funding and financing sales division. He will now relocate to London for the role at Pirum.
Pirum’s CEO Phil Morgan says: “We’re thrilled that Nick chose to join the team here at Pirum. His front office and clearing experience will be invaluable as we roll out a range of new products throughout the remainder of this year and beyond.”
Last month, banking veteran Robert Zekraus left a senior role at Canadian banking multinational Scotiabank to join Pirum. He will be on gardening leave until May whereupon he will become the firm’s chief operating officer and head of North America.
And earlier this month, as part of its ‘Future Tech’ initiative, Pirum launched COACSConnect, a “revolutionary offering” for corporate actions processing, which secured J.P. Morgan as its first client.
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